Camels Come Into Focus In North American Feats And Follies
Historical piece recalls Bactrian camels used in Canada and the United States explaining why Saskatchewan farmers ordered 400 from Russia and detailing 1850s U S camel corps experiments led by Major Wayne and Lt Beale. It notes camel performance, limitations with mule skinners, Civil War era neglect, and later scattered survivors through the Southwest and other states.
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Luckow
Canada
Saskatchewan
North Dakota
Montana
Dominion
Russia
Tibet
United States
Jefferson Davia
Confederacy
Zachary Taylor
Great Southwest
Franklin Pierce
Congress
Henry ©. Wayne
Navy Department
David Porter
Supply
Wayne
Porter
Levant
Tunis
Salonica
Constantinople
Crimea
Alexandrian
Smyrna
England
Indianola
Port Lavaca
Texas
Camp Verde
San Antonio
Camel Corps
Heaps
Edward F. Beale
New Mexico
California
Arizona
War Department
Camel ‘Corps
Beale
Stanton
Southwest
Fort Mojave
N. M
New San Pedro
Calif
Samuel McLaughlin
Sam
Midway
L. 8
Musgrave
Denver
Omaha
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Colorado
Two Coasts
Diet and exercise advice from The Kitchen Cabinet column
The article promotes balanced eating and outdoor exercise for different activity levels, emphasizing protein for the sedentary and outdoor workers. It advises portion control, fruit, and regular weighing, plus walking outdoors to aid sleep. It also provides several seasonable recipes and salads for children and families.
Terrors of Television and Night Club Fronts
Fragmentary observations compare television's effects to designing a sick friend’s bedside, warn away sudden calls to avoid exposing trips, and note experts claim human faces can be cast with vast realism on screen. The excerpt hints at dangers and illusions tied to media imagery.
Irish Man Warns of Hidden Caller Message
The quote suggests someone to see you on the phone. The text notes canal congestion hindering navigation and reports Ceylon's legislative council approving funds for the agriculture department to fight a pest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceylon
Legislative Council
Department of Agriculture
Weed Threatens Rice Crop in Ceylon War on Hyacinth Grows
Ceylon fights water hyacinth dubbed the Illac devil as it threatens rice crops. The pest spreads through Bengal Burma and Indo China reducing yields as peasant farmers struggle with advancing waterways infestation.
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Ceylon
Bengal
Burma
Indo- China
Maxim the American Born Inventor and Engineer
Maxim was born in Maine in 1840 and spent most of his life in England where he became a renowned engineer and inventor. His most famous creation is the Maxim machine gun, named after him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Hiram Maxim
Maine
England
Maxim
Extreme Cold Not Found at the Poles
The article notes Verkhoyansk in the Arctic as the world's coldest place with January averages around minus 60 F and July near 60 F, showing a 120 degree swing and the greatest seasonal temperature difference. It also mentions Amundsen's record low of 61 F below zero in the North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poles
Amundsen
Antarctic
Lake Baikal
Verkhoyansk
No man is a hero to his valet says delivery boy
A Los Angeles Times quip notes that secrets travel fast from a delivery boy about people up the street. Max Cohen, newly moved to Lanker shim, asks the boy to name neighbors and he deciphers a coded clue about a party using playful rhymes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Cohen
Lankershim
Los Angeles Times
Girl Regains Buoyant Health After Taniac Tonic
A Belleville woman reports full recovery from a severe cough and fatigue after using Taniac tonic, crediting renewed energy, weight gain, and restored sleep. The ad touts Tanisc formula with roots and herbs and urges readers to obtain a bottle from their druggist.
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MizaCath- Sint, Roce St
Belleville
Dinges
Taniac
Eastern plant develops steel ten to fifty times stronger
Popular Mechanics reports a new durable steel from an Eastern plant. The alloy, once limited by hard-to-obtain ingredients, is now produced and has undergone extensive testing showing greatly increased strength compared with ordinary steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Black Furs Dyed White Advances in Fur Dyeing
As a result of chemical experiments, black furs may be dyed white on a commercial scale. Advances in dyeing enable effects once limited to textiles, including printing etching stencil work and multi colored patterns.
National Hall of Health at Smithsonian Arts and Industries Bldg
The National Hall of Health is located in the southeast court gallery of the Arts and Industries building of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Hall of Health
Southeast Court Gallery
Arts and Industries
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Meeting an Objection She No Her Mother Objects to Kissing
A humorous courtroom exchange highlights a refusal as a defendant objects to a romantic advance. The prosecutor presses, noting the mother’s implied disapproval while the judge prompts clarity.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Helps Nurse
A Greenfield Massachusetts nurse reports using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash to regain strength. She states the medicine made her able to handle housework and continue nursing work, praising the products for improving health.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Shezva
Grernans L. Siew
Davis St
Greenfield, Mass
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Western Newspaper Union
J. G. Holland
Girl
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Bobrer
Cabool
Dodd
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
iSease
G G. Greer, Inc
Woodbury
Pallais Goee
Chicago
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